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An illustration of six people standing side by side against a yellow background. Above them, the words “THE FATWHITE FAMILY” are repeated three times in a loose, hand-drawn style.

Artist illustrates every single act on east London festival line-up

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Date
23 July 2015

Seems you can’t move for a festival these days: it’s “racially-insensitive headwear” this, “Hunter wellies” that, “glamping” the other. But it’s not all fields and whimsical, dopey skirts. Festivals are now out of the countryside and into the cities, and they’ve got heaving line-ups to boot – something illustrator Babak Ganjei knows only too well, having been tasked to draw every single act playing this year’s Visions festival. The one-day east London-based event takes place early next month, and as showcased in Babak’s sweet doodlings, will see the likes of Fat White Family (you know, the naked, mashed-up ones), Camera Obscura (you know, the twee ones with the hovercraft) and Swedish crooner Jens Lekman taking to Hackney.

An illustration of three figures in a row, rendered in simple blue and red line work against a light blue background. The words “Blanck Mass” are repeated in a staggered, handwritten style across the top right.
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Babak Ganjei: Blanck Mass

An illustration of a group of people, rendered in overlapping red and blue line drawings on a pale yellow background. The text “Camera Obscura” is repeated three times in the top right corner in blue, pink and red.
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Babak Ganjei: Camera Obscura

An illustration of a person standing in a line, repeated several times to create a sense of motion. The figures are rendered in overlapping layers of pink, yellow and deep purple against a pale blue background. In the top right, hand-drawn text reads “GIRL BAND GIRL BAND”.
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Babak Ganjei: Girl Band

An illustration of a group of people rendered in overlapping, neon-coloured outlines against a bright green background. The handwritten text “HOLY FUCK” appears in the top right corner.
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Babak Ganjei: Holy Fuck

An illustration of a person wearing a beanie, rendered in vibrating lines of cyan, magenta and lime green. To the left, the name “ Jens Lekman ” is repeated in the same three colours.
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Babak Ganjei: Jens Lekman

An illustration of two people in profile against a pink background. Their outlines are repeated in blue, red and yellow, creating a blurred, vibrating effect. In the top right, the words “Peaking Lights” are repeated and layered in the same colours.
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Babak Ganjei: Peaking Lights

An illustration of three figures on a pale yellow background, drawn with overlapping black and pink lines. The text “The Antlers” appears in the top left corner in a stylised, handwritten font.
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Babak Ganjei: The Antlers

An illustration of a person’s face and torso, repeated three times in a staggered, overlapping effect. The figures are rendered in simple red and blue outlines on a cream background, with the words “TORN HAWK” repeated in the same colours.
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Babak Ganjei: Torn Hawk

A screen print of a group of people, repeated in three overlapping layers of green, pink and blue. The figures are stylised with high contrast and set against a pale pink background. The word “TOY” appears twice in a handwritten style on the left.
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Babak Ganjei: Toy

An illustration of six figures standing in a line against a bright yellow background. The figures are rendered in loose, sketchy lines of green, orange and red. Above them, the words “The Fat White Family” are repeated three times in a stylised, hand-drawn font.
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Babak Ganjei: Fat White Family

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Emily Gosling

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Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

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